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Changing Times: Have we lost the ‘spirit of the hustings’?

Evening light sweeps over the ruins of the Jesuit mission church at Trinidad de Paraná, Paraguay, where the bell tower of the site's first of two churches stands. Scores of Jesuit missions in the area where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil meet were built in the 17th century and were abandoned when the Jesuits were expelled in the 18th century. (Photo by Kevin Moloney via Getty Images)

Jesuit missionaries: “a masterpiece of humanity”

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Returning soldiers: what can we learn from history?

A statue of Lenin in Germany being removed from its plinth to be demolished. (Photo by Régis BOSSU/Sygma via Getty Images)

Looking back at The End of History

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When does history end?

Postwar politics reading list

Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain

Sir Robert Peel Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, London. (Photo by P A Thompson via Getty Images)

Horrible history teaching with Terry Deary

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9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

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Changing Times: Did we ever have trust in our MPs?

Q&A What is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

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The shopping crisis: what can we learn from history?

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Charity: what can we learn from history?

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The credit crunch: what can we learn from history?

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The winter of discontent: what can we learn from history?